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Drying by starting with the head with warm cover and protecting vernix caseosa###5-15

Mothers should not be worried about giving birth to "dirty" babies, said experts.DEMYSTIFY MYTHSThe white, waxy substance, according to Dr Paul Mitei, a gynaecologist and obstetrician, is known as vernix caseosa, normally noticed in babies as soon as they are born.

People tend to be afraid of it because of its cousin, poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix), although the two are very different; poison sumac has white berries and grows in marshy areas.

The vernix caseosa is typically thicker in preterm neonates [though thinner in extremely preterm neonates].

The vernix caseosa is typically thicker in preterm neonates [though thinner in extremely preterm neonates], Accordingly, there are a number of general principles that can guide skin care for most preterm neonates."

After their ears were cleaned against the possibility of amniotic fluid or vernix caseosa accumulation in the external auditory canals, a probe was placed in the external auditory canal in the size of the canal's diameter and screening tests were performed.

Challenges (Table 2) included equipment failure, noise interference, and vernix caseosa in the external auditory canal.

The site is dominated by wetland shrubs such as Alnus incana, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Toxicodendron vernix that provide shaded conditions in the understory across the fen.

They put you on to me, covered in blood, vernix, your head misshapen from the birth canal.

This effect was demonstrated with a synthetic substance such as vernix caseosa (fatty material found in the skin of a newborn) composed of SQ in mixture with other lipids, cholesterol, triglycerides, ceramides, and fatty acids.

infants born after 42 weeks of gestation are usually covered by greenish vernix caseosa.

He appeared to have been abandoned right after he was born as he was reportedly still covered with vernix when found.